Two-section semiconductor lasers subject to optical injection

Author

Chlouverakis, K.E. ; Adams, M.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

2004

Firstpage

982

Lastpage

990

Abstract

We investigate the dynamic properties of two-section semiconductor lasers subject to optical injection. A self-pulsating laser with a saturable absorber is used as the slave laser in the usual master-slave configuration of optically-injected lasers and a new model of the rate equations is applied. The dynamic properties are pictured in stability maps in the parameter space of the frequency detuning /spl omega/ and the injection strength K. New chaotic regions in the parameter space are found and investigated that are not observed in a simple injected semiconductor laser and also regions are reported where the field intensity pulsates periodically.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser stability; nonlinear dynamical systems; optical chaos; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; chaotic regions; frequency detuning; injection strength; laser dynamic properties; master-slave configuration; optical injection; rate equations; saturable absorber; self-pulsating laser; semiconductor lasers; slave laser; stability maps; two-section lasers; Chaotic communication; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical bistability; Optical distortion; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Chaos; injection locking; saturable absorber; self-pulsations; two-section lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2004.837012

Filename

1366370